1. Ian Gover Education Technology Adviser Somerset County Council How can I make a game and learn some programming ideas?

2. Using Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu

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4. What do I want to create? I think I want my game to…. Have a shark that moves around the sea bottom following the mouse pointer. There will be fish who move around the screen which the shark will eat and then add to a score.

5. How can I split that passage in to program? Have a shark that moves around the sea bottom following the mouse pointer.

6. The sea bottom and the shark http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/12757541/

7. Make it your own

8. Add the program

9. What about the fish? There will be fish who move around the screen which the shark will eat and then add to a score.

10. Create a variable called score

11. Add a fish

12. Make it smaller

13. Add the program

14. Copy the fish

15. Could you…. Clear the score at the beginning of the game Stop the game after all the fish have been eaten Add a bonus point fish that adds 5 to the score Add an Octopus that if eaten will set all the points to zero